Art of manufacturing cloth from animal and vegetable fibers



lowing is a specification.

Urrnn FELIX FREMEREY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

ART OF MANUFACTURING CLOTH FROM ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FIBERS.

ESPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,713, dated November 4, 1884.

Application filed February 6, 1883. (X0 specimens.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FELIX FREMEREY, formerly of Aixla-Ohapelle, Germany, but now a resident and about to become a citizen of Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, have invented a certain new and useful Art of Man ufacturing Cloth From Mixed Animal and Vegetable Fibers, of which the fol- The object of my invention is to improve the process ofproc'lucing a cloth of mixed vegetable fiber such as is obtained from ramie. china-grass, or other stalks or blades and animal fiber treated in such manner. substantially as hereinafter particularly set forth and claimed, as to produce a cloth of substantially the same appearance as an all-wool cloth, but which is cheaper and stronger.

In practicing my invention I treat the animal fiber in any usual way by greasing or soaping it, and then add to it the vegetable fiber, as much as fil'ty per centum, and then proceed to spin the mixed fibers in the usual way. I do not oil or grease orsoap thevegetable fiber, as I find such substances cause it to curl and become knotty; but I introduce the vegetable fiber in a dry state, free from oil or soap. The yarn spun from such mixed fiber is then Woven in the usual way and the cloth subjected to the ordinary washing and fulling processes. As

the vegetable fiber does not work up well if teased in the wet state, the cloth is twice teased, first, while it is still wet from the washing, to improve the animal fiber; and, second, after this first teasing and a subsequent drying,to improve the vegetable fiber. This teasingtwiceonce while wet for the improvement ofthe animal fiber and once while dry for the improvement of the vegetable fiber-is ofgreat importance in giving a fine woolly surface to the fabric. Ramie, like many other vegetable fibers, is much stronger than animal fibers, and hence a cloth comprising such fibersin admixture will be much stronger than an all-wool fabric. By myimproved process of making cloth of such combined fibers I obtain a fabric very closely resembling in touch, look, and color an all-wool cloth, and at the sametzime far strong; er and cheaper. Such a cloth can be made of one-half wool and one-halt ramie; but the proportions may be varied with this and other combinations to suit the manufacturer.

\Vhat I claim is The improved process of producing a cloth of mixed animal andvegetablefibers, thesame consisting in oiling or soaping the animal fiber, then mixing therewith the vegetable fiber, spinning the mixed fibers and weaving the same into cloth as usual, washing the cloth, and then teasing it while wet, and drying the cloth and again teasing it while dry, substantially as described.

FELIX FREMEREY.

In presence of- J. C. CLAYTON, CHARLES HOLZHAUER. 

